Wrong fuel in your Mercedes SLK 350? Diesel in a Petrol Mercedes?

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Filling Diesel in a Petrol Mercedes is a well-known problem. And its remedy depends upon a few factors. If you would like to know what you have to do to fix it then read on.
Right here are the key factors to take into consideration whenever determining whether to get the car drained:

1. What level of Diesel have you put in the Mercedes, bearing in mind that the fuel tank capacity of the Mercedes SLK 350 is in most cases about 70 litres?
   1. A tiny quantity of Diesel, something like 3.5 litres of Diesel in a Petrol SLK 350 will in most cases not really be a massive problem. Experience has proven to us that quantities less than 3.5 litres (almost 5% of the total fuel tank) is very often able to be sufficiently diluted simply by completely filling the rest of the tank with Petrol.
      It's relatively uncommon to find a vehicle experiencing problems due to below 5% wrong fuel contamination. Keep in mind that it is unusual - not impossible to find. You can get a few cars that don't endure any level of fuel contamination in the slightest.
   2. Somewhere between 3.5 and 7 litres of Diesel in the Mercedes (5 to 10%) is more of a 50/50 situation. Our experience demonstrates that as many people get away with it as all those who break down. When deciding whether or not to chance it and just top it up remember that it is exactly like betting it all on black - you've got a 50/50 possibility of it being ok.
   3. Anything over 7 litres of Diesel in your Petrol SLK 350 ought to as soon as possible be drained as your probability of succeeding with this amount of contamination is more than likely below one in 50 - really big odds.
2. Put some Diesel in a Petrol Mercedes and drove it: Have you spotted any kind of performance issues after putting the bad fuel in your SLK 350? If that's the case, get it drained regardless of the amount of Diesel or even the contamination percentage. Continually running an automobile that is now beginning to suffer the effect of fuel contamination can likely bring about even more harm being done to your fuel system components.
3. Are you looking for reassurance?
   Simply get it drained. Regardless of contamination percentage, there is inevitably a certain level of risk associated with operating a Petrol motor on Petrol contaminated with Diesel. Likely implications of driving on the wrong fuel include the motor refusing to start, running unevenly, loss of power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, damaged or bunged injectors, etc. These are several of the most typical Diesel in Petrol warning signs, and if you detect any of them then stop driving and have it removed as soon as possible.

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